Since our epic adventures in Indianapolis (posts coming soon), The ladies of THE DCC thought it only proper we help announce the following people as members of the 2009 USA Swimming FINA World Championship Team and Staff, as per the usaswimming.org website.
Congratulations to everyone who made the team!!! Wishing them the best of luck at World Championships in Roma! The swimming portion of World Championships starts on Sunday, July 19th, with Open Water and goes through Sunday, August 2nd, ending with a MASSIVE day of swimming finals. (check out universalsports.com for more information)
Listed below are the athletes who qualified for the National Team along with their respective events and swim clubs.
(The athletes with an (*) next to their name are new to the USA National Swim Team)
SHOW YOUR LOVE. TEAM USA REPRESENT!
Women's Team
Alyssa Anderson: 800 Free Relay (Sierra Marlins Swim Team)*
Hayley Anderson: 800 Free (Sierra Marlins Swim Team)*
Elizabeth Beisel: 400 IM, 200 Back (Bluefish Swim Club)
Emily Brunemann: 5K, 10K (Club Wolverine)*
Kasey Carlson: 100 Breast (Terrapins Swim Team)*
Mary Descenza: 200 Fly (Athens Bulldog Swim Club)
Kate Dwelley: 400 Free Relay (Terrapins Swim Team)*
Caitlin Geary: 400 Free Relay (Auburn University Swim Team)*
Eva Fabian: 10K, 25K (Greenwood Memorial Swim Team)
Emily Hanson: 5K, 25K( Club Wolverine)
Keri Hehn: 200 Breast (Trojan Swim Club)*
Kathleen Hersey: 200 Fly (Swim Atlanta)
Ariana Kukors: 200 IM, 800 Free Relay (King Aquatic Club)
Dagny Knutson: 800 Free Relay (A.S.K. Swim)*
Christine Magnuson: 100 Fly, 400 Free Relay (Tennessee Aquatics)
Hayley McGregory: 100 Back (Longhorn Aquatics)
Lacey Nymeyer: 800 Free Relay (Tucson Ford Dealer Aquatics)
Elizabeth Pelton: 100 & 200 Back (North Baltimore Aquatic Club)*
Allison Schmitt: 200 Free, 400 Free (Club Wolverine)
Julia Smit: 200 IM, 400 IM, 400 Free Relay (Stanford Swimming)
Rebecca Soni: 100 Breast, 200 Breast (Trojan Swim Club)
Chloe Sutton: 400 Free, 800 Free (Mission Viejo Nadadores)
Dara Torres: 50 Free (Coral Springs Swim Club)
Dana Vollmer: 100 Fly, 100 Free, 200 Free (California Aquatics)
Amanda Weir: 50 Free, 100 Free (Swim Atlanta)
Men's Team
Nathan Adrian: 50 Free, 100 Free (California Aquatics)
Ricky Berens: 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay (Longhorn Aquatics)
Tyler Clary: 400 IM, 200 Fly (Club Wolverine)*
Fran Crippen: 5K, 10K (Mission Viejo Nadadores)
Mark Gangloff: 100 Breast (SwimMAC Carolina)
Andrew Gemmell: 5K, 10K (Delaware Siwm Team)*
Matt Grevers: 100 Back (Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics)
Adam Klein: 200 Breast (Auburn University Swim Team)*
Cullen Jones: 50 Free (SwimMAC Carolina)
Ryan Lochte: 200, 400 IM, 200 Back (Daytona Beach Swimming)
Dan Madwed: 400 Free (Club Wolverine) *
Tyler McGill: 100 Fly (Auburn University Swim Team)*
Alex Meyer: 25K (Harvard Swim Team)*
Brennan Morris: 1500 Free (North Baltimore Aquatic Club)*
Michael Phelps: 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 Free (North Baltimore Aquatic Club)
Aaron Peirsol: 100 Back, 200 Back (Longhorn Aquatics)
Sean Ryan: 25K (Scenic City Aquatic Club)*
Eric Shanteau: 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 IM (Longhorn Aquatics)
Davis Tarwater: 800 Free Relay (Tennessee Aquatics)
Peter Vanderkaay: 400 Free (Club Wolverine)
David Walters: 100 Free, 200 Free (Longhorn Aquatics)
Garrett Weber-Gale: 400 Free Relay (Longhorn Aquatics)
Jackson Wilcox: 1500 Free (Nashville Aquatic Club)*
Staff
Chuck Batchelor- Assistant Women’s Coach (Bluefish Swim Club)
Mike Bottom- Assistant Men’s Coach (Club Wolverine)
Bob Bowman- Head Men’s Coach (North Baltimore Aquatic Club)
Shannon Gillespy- Open Water manager (Lakeside Aquatic Club)
Stefanie Kerska- Team Manager (Club Wolverine)
Kris Kubick- Assistant Men’s Coach (Longhorn Aquatics)
Jeri Marshburn- Women’s Team Manager (Novaquatics Swim Team)
Mark Minier- Assistant Women’s Coach (Swim Atlanta)
Bill Rose- Assistant Women’s Coach (Mission Viejo Nadadores)
Sean Hutchison- Head Women’s Coach (King Aquatic Club)
Jon Urbanchek- Assistant Men’s Coach (Club Wolverine)
Catherine Vogt- Head Open Water Coach (Trojan Swim Club)
Greg Werner- Men’s Team Manager (Bobcat Swimming)
We are INSANELY excited to see what team USA will do at World Championships. These are the best swimmers from across the United States of America and we know that they will represent to the best of their abilities!
